Ha, yes, this is very true, there is always another discount! Which is why I am now a full 6 months behind schedule. Eeek! I had to buckle down and decide that this time, I’m gettin’ it done. Plus, this offer is a better than average deal.

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Jessica On Monday, February 7 at 4:58 am

I find that a lot if my portraits would go through as profiles… May be it’s less by choose but due to my inexperience but also I personally more interesting as they tend to gave shadow-light, texture and interesting lines going on…
Here is one of my last posts where I was trying out my first ever portrait lens outhttp://decemberdaily.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/my-canon-and-the-lens/

My favorite recent profile was one of the bride and groom’s first dance. There were huge windows in the reception hall and I exposed for the window, leaving the bride and groom in silhouette. They loved it!

Personally, I love profiles and images without eye contact – they are more mysterious somehow.

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DeltaJoy On Monday, February 7 at 7:32 am

This will send me looking through my pictures that’s for sure, what a great idea. I always thought of a ‘profile’ pic as one that is totally profile but maybe I will rethink that idea and we can adopt a new ‘rule’ lol. I love your ‘sparkly, springly profile’ picture it is beautiful and energetic.

Profile shots might be my favorite. I love the element of mystery, but my favorite part is the curves and angle of the face. When I people-watch I like looking at people’s faces ,especially women, in profile. I think the curves of a woman’s face are so lovely from that perspective. ~K

These are all so lovely.
I’m actually in the midst of planning a silhouette painting of my youngest. I have his older brother’s up and he’s at the same age, so it feels right. Of course I take a few short cuts that the silhouette artists prooobably didn’t have, like a printer to get the profile photo from. I use a freezer paper stencil and paint on fabric.

Never heard that nose rule either. Interesting that there is more than one type of profile, including that other type that is a full side shot showing only one side of the face. Hmmmmm. Maybe I’ll go practice a little!
Thx for the info.
Nancy

Great reminder! You know… I’ve always been afraid of my profile. I’d much rather have a straight on “look-at-the-camera” photo. Then again, I am pregnant so I’ve found a new love for profile photos. Perhaps I’ll keep expanding and experimenting…

Abby On Monday, February 7 at 8:17 am

Love the Mocha profile shot… and your daughters are beautiful!

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Samantha On Monday, February 7 at 8:42 am

Almost all of my photos that I have taken of my husband are exclusively profiles due to one fact: everytime he realizes I have pointed my lens in his direction, he turns his head. Luckily, I have become a quick shot and can snap off a photo before he turns completely away. The only other way I get his photo is if I sneak up behind him and wait until he turns to snap a photo. So, I feel that I have mastered the profile of my husband. Now I need to practice on other subjects… maybe subjects who are acutely aware of the fact I am taking their photo!

YES!!! Profile shots are my favs. My daughter has the cutest little profile and I’m kinda obsessed with it. I think it’s because my nose is very long and triangular and hers is like a tiny little ski slope. I adore it.

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Sharon On Monday, February 7 at 8:54 am

I think your profiles are wonderful, especially the first one after Whistlers Mother. Just beautiful women here (oh yeah there were a couple of men on there too, huh?) Anyway…..
peace n abundance
CheyAnne

It is the unique quality of profiles that makes them special. Making eye contact in a portrait gives you connection to the subject, but it also reminds you that the moment has been kind of interrupted, so that the subject can look at the camera. Profile shots can often reveal the engagement of the subject in the moment… it captures who or what they are relating to, and I think that is special to capture.
hmmmm… obviously you made me think deep thoughts, and I haven’t even ingested a hot morning beverage yet. Your photographs are beautiful, as always!

Linda On Monday, February 7 at 9:28 am

Most of what you have up there are actually what is called the 2/3 view of the face. It is in the 2/3 view, that the nose should not cut the line of the cheek. A full profile should be just that…full, whether it is in the front profile or back profile form. In a true profile you should not see the far eye at all.
Monte Zucker was an amazing and wonderful portrait photographer. He created gorgeous portrait work, and taught me so much about facial study.

Valerie On Monday, February 7 at 10:11 am

Hi Valerie,
Since the Vermeer is considered a profile by art historians….I thought there was a grey area in the definition. That’s whay I included the 2/3 views.
The definition of profile in Websters also just says the side of the face.
Grey area too.
But if they are not…that’s okay too.

I have heard that rule about the nose and it was explained that a “western” nose tends to be larger than some of more delicate bone structure, and therefore, if it doesn’t stick out past the cheek in the photo, it makes for a more attractive photograph. So I started paying attention to that rule (which of course can be broken when needed — the rule, not the nose) … anyway, if the nose sticks out past the cheek, it makes the nose look larger than it is. And the ultimate result is that you want your subject to be happy with the photo.

The women in your family are absolutely gorgeous. I love the profile shots. They have this great “I wonder what they were thinking when this photo was taken” quality that draws you into the photo. I have a few profile shots of my 4 year-old grandson that are my favorites because I love the way his little mind works – so curious, so funny, so adventurous. Thanks for sharing these.

love profile shots, especially if the person doesn’t know you are taking the pic. i must say i love taking pics of little kids backsides too =) some of my favorite pics of my kids when they are little is them walking or running away =)

I LOVE profiles and find that I tend to shoot them the most almost. Maybe not the most but I often find that when I do shoots for friends, I choose a profile shot as my favorite. To me there is something very personal about a profile… I feel it captures someone truly in their essence. Who they are at their most vulnerable… in personality and in the physical sense! I love all of your profiles!

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Patti A On Monday, February 7 at 11:22 am

I find that alot of my favorite pictures are profiles. Especially when they don’t have a clue that the camera is pointing at them, so unexpected. Thanks Miz Boo. Oh yea, Congrats on the Pack!

Sunflower Suzy On Monday, February 7 at 11:41 am

I love profiles and I have to say some of my favorite pics of my husband and two of our grandchildren were of them walking away from the camera and they didn’t know the picture was being taken. Love all the photos that are posted – still think a lot of you missed your calling!!!!!

This Ozark Farm chick is still playin’ with and figurin’ out this digital stuff but some of the best portraits I’ve shot have been with my subject on a profile and most times unaware I’m shootin’ ‘em. I’m sneaky that way! Heeehehehe!!!

I long for some real photography lessons but livin’ smack in the middle of Nowhere USA, that ain’t gonna happen! :o)

From the cold, cold hills and hollers of the ice packed hills and hollers of the Missouri Ponderosa, ya’ll have a wonderfully blessed week!!!!

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gaelowyn On Monday, February 7 at 12:07 pm

My hubby is a professional Photographer- by education as well. I just asked him, and he said, ‘yes, its generally not flattering to have longer nose then cheek in a profile’ and that he was taught that in his various photography classes that dealt w/poses and composition.

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Theresa Thompson On Monday, February 7 at 12:39 pm

I think the profile shot is greatly under-used! (I’m now going to check myself out in the mirror to see if my nose sticks out past my chin…)

Christina in MN On Monday, February 7 at 12:51 pm

Most – if not all – of my profile pics came about b/c my subject moved before I could snap the photo! I love yours, though.

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Denise On Monday, February 7 at 1:14 pm

The mocha shot has so much to it that the others don’t. Granted, I do like the others too, but I really like this one more. There is more depth and feeling in this profile. I think her profile is absolutely wonderful and I think that these type of photos tell more of a story than color photos do.

love profiles. So many people do not, but perhaps they just don’t like their noses.

It is a rule to not have the nose go past cheek unless it is in full profile. The reason is that it looks like something is missing. It supposedly draws the eye to that spot instead of the whole face. I don’t necessarily agree with that rule, but it is there… and like always, all rules are meant to be broken (or almost all).

Hi Beach Mama,
I was thinking about why people don’t like their profiles.

For me…it’s the double chin thang!

I just realized it.

Denise On Wednesday, February 9 at 1:08 pm

Miz Booshay I agree 100% with the double chin thang!!! I have a “mini” double chin thang and I’ve found that the best way to “hide it” (if you’re aware that you’re being photographed) is to tilt your head back, angled slightly and keep your back straight. While it may not remove a double chin thang totally; I think this helps hide the flaw, at least a little bit, I think the 2/3 views are the best. Say cheese

carrie Labani On Monday, February 7 at 2:04 pm

I love profiles. My boys have such cute noses and bridges (perhaps I’m biased and a little in love?) that I’ve intentionally photographed their profiles when they were all about 2-3 years old. Of course, being boys, their eyelashes are all ridiculously long, so that just adds to their cuteness! Love your photos!

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Laura in Little Rock On Monday, February 7 at 2:58 pm

I LOVE profiles. I use a clear crisp (or sometimes not so crisp) profile picture to make a neat silhouette picture. I’ve even gone so far to paint the profiles on canvas. No one realizes it’s simply a profile picture, neatly cut out, traced and painted. So easy I’ve done it with preschoolers, but mostly, I’m amazed at how recognizable a profile is when you know the person well. Love profiles! Ooops. School is out, must go.

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Jessica Leigh On Monday, February 7 at 3:32 pm

June On Monday, February 7 at 5:51 pm

YES! I have loved profile pics of my children since my oldest had her portrait done at a studio at one year of age. She was “reading” a large book on her lap, and I was struck with her intensity and individuality at such an early age.

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Larissa On Monday, February 7 at 7:47 pm

great advice and photos!! i love the hat with the flowers.. if it is homemade is there a pattern for it? thanks!

Francesc On Tuesday, February 8 at 9:44 am

Vintage Cowgirl On Tuesday, February 8 at 12:46 pm

I Love ya Miz Booshay! Honest, Simple, and Lovely! It show so well in your photos! Your Children reflect your love for them………absolutely stunning! I have read and looked at your post and pictures, I just could never put it into words until now! Thanks for encouraging! <3

Miz boo On Tuesday, February 8 at 4:37 pm

Thank you very much. I do love em so much

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Jen On Tuesday, February 8 at 2:01 pm

I love this – profiles are wonderful, I think, for two reasons: there’s an inherent sense of mystery, as the viewer can’t help wondering what the subject is looking at; and the subject has the luxury of seeing his face in a way that he can never see it in a mirror.

On a personal note, when I was growing up, I HATED my nose, and absolutely despised any picture of me in profile. I’m part Lakota Indian, with the classic “Indian nose”. Anyway, when I was 20, I went to South Dakota to see where my dad was from, and saw, for the first time, the Crazy Horse memorial (http://www.crazyhorsememorial.org/). Suddenly I saw my nose as something to be proud of, not something to hate. I’ve flaunted my profile ever since

I’m in school and a “true profile” according to our teacher (a portrait artist for 35+ years) is from the side with just the eye lashes sticking out, no “weird eye bump”…just eyelashes! The profile you’re speaking of is a 3/4 which I totally agree is much prettier AND you’re correct, the nose should never stick out farther than the cheek or you get a “nose wart”. All this of course is directly from a teacher’s mouth I think whatever looks the best works the best!!

joanne On Thursday, February 10 at 12:11 pm

I like pictures of profiles, especially the shadows. You post gave me a great idea for my 365 a day photo project. I have been looking for some inspiration so that my 365 doesn’t get boring. Check out my previous entries on my website.

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Betty On Thursday, February 10 at 2:07 pm

Profiles are great because they catch the person unaware. The true spirit!